A recently published career management author contacted me this week with a question. He’d noticed that more and more job seekers are announcing their unemployment in an obvious way on LinkedIn either in their headline or their summary or both. He was curious what I thought of this phenomenon and Read More >

While conducting a job search, LinkedIn, as the leading professional networking site, should become your most important and most visible social media platform. As such, it’s worth investing time into making sure your profile is complete and represents you well.
Consider the following tips for success:
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Even if you’re not actively in the market for a new job, there are some measures still worth taking to ensure you’re ready for the ‘positively unexpected’. Today’s technology has enabled global professional networking and career opportunities that could never have been imagined 20+ years ago.
For example, if you’re Read More >

The last time I investigated, there were estimated to be around 380+ million members on the worldwide professional networking site known as LinkedIn – a number that’s steadily increasing. Yet even though so many have jumped on board the LinkedIn express, it’s debateable how many are fully leveraging what’s on Read More >

“I could submit an application. The position seems like a good fit.”
“I would have applied for that job if I thought I really had a chance.”
“I should have thrown my hat in the ring. They hired someone with less experience than me.”
Whether we're talking about a career Read More >

Part 1: The Mindset
Each week I talk with very senior-level executives about their career needs, and invariably the subject of LinkedIn always comes up. The conversation usually goes like this:
Me: So, how is your LI profile? Do you get many job opportunities coming to you through LI?
Them: Read More >

If you create LinkedIn profiles as part of your revenue stream/services, then it's time you started capitalizing on the new and powerful strategy of creating LinkedIn portfolios!
Deb Dib, Master Personal Branding Coach and self-described Next-gen career-comm writer, will be deep-diving into this topic in her Entrepreneurial Success Secrets Live Read More >

CDI no longer offers the CWPP course but does recognize those individuals who have earned the credential. The program taught resume writers how to create effective online content for web portfolios and web resumes. The program included portfolio content development and the 22+ potential artifacts of a web portfolio, portfolio content Read More >

CDI's CP-OJSRMs are puzzle masters. They can guide you through the bewildering maze of Internet job search. This can include, but is not limited to: online identity, using job boards and apps, networking, building a LinkedIn profile, hiding digital dirt, finding information on new professions and careers -- everything that Read More >

CDI's members, professional resume writers, career coaches, and career professionals, have authored books and e-books, some free and others low-cost.
Books Published by CDI
Supercharge Your Job Search - e-book
CDI member contributor book (free)
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Job Search Bloopers: Every Mistake You Can Make on the Read More >